Vocabulary Words: Improve Your Vocabulary with Antonyms & Synonyms: 23rd February 2022

Vocabulary Words: For most banking Aspirants, vocabulary is a nightmare but it carries a great amount of importance in every competitive exam. It is very important to have a good hold on the vocabulary to increase efficiency in the language section and also to increase your overall scores. That is why Adda247 has started a new initiative to improve the vocabulary of the aspirants with the Visual vocabulary words and their meaning.

Visual Vocabulary Words:

1. Leverage (noun)

            Meaning; By extension, any influence which is compounded or used to gain an advantage.

            Synonyms: influence, dominance

            Antonyms: impotence, powerlessness

2. Adhere (verb)

Meaning; To be attached or devoted by personal union, in belief, on principle

Synonyms: follow, stick

Antonyms: deviate, ignore

3. Exhort (verb)

Meaning; To urge; to advise earnestly

Synonyms: adjure

Antonyms: discourage

4. Buoyed (verb)

Meaning; To support or maintain at a high level.

Synonyms: bolster

Antonyms: depress

5. Penchant (noun)

Meaning; Taste, liking

Synonyms: fondness, like

Antonyms: dislike, hatred

6. Dictum (noun)

Meaning; An authoritative statement

Synonyms: order, declaration

Antonyms: request, proposal

7. Pique (noun)

Meaning; A feeling of enmity

Synonyms: displeasure

Antonyms: happiness

Importance of Vocabulary Words in the English Language

• The reading comprehension from which 50% of the English language section questions are based requires the candidate to have good reading skills and requires a good hold on the English vocabulary. A good vocabulary will give the candidates of a better understanding of the comprehension which will benefit them in scoring maximum marks.
• A good vocabulary also helps a candidate to crack the interview round of the banking exams. The candidate can form a sentence perfectly if he/she has a good vocabulary.
• Apart from the reading comprehension section, there are multiple English tests where vocabulary can be used.